Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, I am very serious about my shooting... M9er 49er Bob On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com>wrote: > Do you have a full frame DSLR? > Because it would be great to do with your Leica glass what you can do with > Canon or Nikon glass. Shoot any time of the day or night in or out doors > without having to shoot wide open at slow speeds in split inches in focus.. > Those days are really over for most shooters today. For years you can shoot > savable light situations capturing the action and getting depth of field. > Not though if you have an M9. > And its exactly a Leica M which should be ruling those situations. Not > DSLR'S. And that's exactly why the M9 was not embraced by pro and very > serious shooters. > And now with the new M they can bring that camera home to meet Mom. > > And photograph her at f 5.6 at 125th instead of 1.4 at a 15th.. > > > On 5/17/13 7:16 AM, "Don Dory" <don.dory at gmail.com> wrote: > > > Mark, the thing is, I have an M9: the M9 works beautifully especially > with the > > lenses I have. The new M is better especially at higher ISO's but the > Fuji is > > much better yet. For those occasions where simple is better the Fuji > with 35 > > F1.4 is smaller, better in low light, and sav es $4000 that can be used > for > > other puposes. So, I already have the Roller but can justify a Subaru > to take > > out on salt infested New England backroads. > > > > Sent from my Droid Charge on Verizon 4GLTE > > > > ------Original Message------ > > From: Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > > Date: Friday, May 17, 2013 6:14:50 AM GMT-0400 > > Subject: Re: [Leica] To tempt Fuji X users? > > > > For those who are " thinking about my order for the M240 vs. the X > series." > > Kind of sounds like one is in the middle of really financing a seven > grand > > full frame M but then somehow looking over at the $1400 1.5 crop Fuji in > the > > same breath? > > Here's what I came up with: > > $7000 - $1400 = $5600.00 savings > > And also: > > $7000/$1400 = 5.0 > > > > So if you last minute having saved seven grand for the M but then get > the X > > instead you have $5600 burning a hole in your back pocket that can buy > you > > exactly four more X's. > > That's quite a discrepancy of dreams! > > ... Or an extra lens and a trip around the world. > > > > Its like "oh boy I get to finally buy that Rolls Royce now but maybe that > > Honda Civic will also get me there?" > > Or as we say in the US of A: apples and oranges. > > Or lets say you saved up to get a Harley motorcycle but then got a tuna > fish > > sandwich instead? Lots of left over here too for extras: > > Tomatoes > > Cheese. > > Lettuce. > > Pickles > > Rye bread. > > > > I'm afraid I'm just not seeing the overlap between M dreams and X dreams. > > To me they just don't belong in the same rapid eye movement cycle. > > At very least there's a full tuna on rye separating them. > > > > > > On 5/16/13 9:51 PM, "Don Dory" <don.dory at gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> If we are talking about the Fuji X series, the 35mm 1.4 is an excellent > >> lens. Pretty close focusing and very closely integrated with the > "brains" > >> of the XPro to be very low vignette and really pretty flat field. > Results > >> at 1600 were very good noise wise. Just my two cents thinking about my > >> order for the M240 vs the X series. > >> > >> > >> On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at > >> summaventures.com > >wrote: > >> > >>> Voigt 40/1.4 at $449? I think you've said that you have the M-adapter. > >>> > >>> Peter > >>> > >>> On 16/05/2013 19:27, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > >>>> My guess is that they wanted to sell enough X100and now X100s before > >>> releasing the lens on its own. > >>>> Jayanand > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Sent from my iPad > >>>> > >>>> On 16-May-2013, at 11:46 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at > >>>> gmail.com> > >>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On May 16, 2013, at 11:10 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj < > jayanand at gmail.com> > >>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> Well, I have that, and that is what I generally use, but a fast 35mm > >>> would be perfect for the streets! > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> patience, coming soon from several sources > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Steve > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> Cheers > >>>>>> Jayanand > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Sent from my iPad > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On 16-May-2013, at 11:27 PM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at > >>>>>> summaventures.com> > >>> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> There's the Fujinon 18 - 55 zoom. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Peter > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> On 15/05/2013 11:09, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > >>>>>>>> Way too expensive compared to Fuji's excellent offerings. They > cannot > >>>>>>>> be worth that much of a premium. In fact I just ordered the Fuji > >>> 14mm, > >>>>>>>> after seeing the disparity in price with the Zeiss. I am paying > the > >>>>>>>> equivalent of US$750 for the 14mm. Now, if they had the sense to > >>>>>>>> release a 23mm - the gaping hole in Fuji's line up - it might have > >>>>>>>> been different, I would have been sorely tempted. > >>>>>>>> Cheers > >>>>>>>> Jayanand > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Gerry Walden < > gerry.walden at me.com> > >>> wrote: > >>>>>>>>> Just seen these lovely lenses from Zeiss. Bit pricey but should > be > >>> superb! > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Carl_Zeiss_Touit_12mm_f2-8/ > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Gerry > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Gerry Walden > >>>>>>>>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or > >>>>>>>>> +44 (0)797 287 7932 > >>>>>>>>> www.gwpics.com > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>>>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>>>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > >>> information > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> -- > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> =========================================================== > >>>>>>> Dr Peter Dzwig > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information > >>>>>> > >>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> > >>> =========================================================== > >>> Dr Peter Dzwig > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Bob Adler